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A busy day’s play in the 2022 World Series of Poker saw a mammoth nine tournaments take place as eight bracelet events and one online bracelet event took place at Bally’s, Paris and on WSOP.com. Three bracelets were won, and the other six events saw huge drama as the money bubble burst in the $50,000-entry Poker Players Championship, too.

 

Paul Hizer Stars in Colossus Comeback

 

The final day of action in Event #51, the $400-entry Colossus, saw Paul Hizer mount a  brilliant comeback to overtake the massive chip leader at the start of play, Sam Laskowitz as the New Yorker lost out to the Brit live on PokerGO. With just seven of the final nine returning to the felt for the final day, it was Laskowitz who started with a huge lead, but he was unable to hold on to it across a fun final table.

 

First to bust was Anthony Ruttler as he failed to spin up his short stack, before Luong Quach and James Scott’s exits sent play three-handed. Jordan Peon from France had been one of the dominant characters throughout the tournament, leading earlier in the event and always looking to finish strongly, but his elimination in third place saw Hizer and Laskowitz duke it out for the title on PokerGO, and it was Hizer who prevailed.

 

Watch all the action from an exciting final table right here.

 

WSOP 2022 Event #51 $400 Colossus Final Table Results:

Place

Player

Country

Prize

1st

Paul Hizer

United Kingdom

$414,490

2nd

Sam Laskowitz

U.S.A.

$256,170

3rd

Jordan Pelon

France

$193,240

4th

James Scott

United Kingdom

$146,680

5th

Luong Quach

U.S.A.

$112,060

6th

Jeff Loiacono

U.S.A.

$86,160

7th

Anthony Ruttler

U.S.A.

$66,670

8th

William Gian

U.S.A.

$51,930

9th

Sean Shah

U.S.A.

$40,710

 

Todd Wins Salute to Warriors for $161k

 

A dramatic final day of Event #54, the $500-entry Salute to Warriors event, saw James Todd the victor as he won his first WSOP bracelet and the top prize of $161,256. With 21 players starting the day, play was fast and soon reached the 10-handed finale, whereupon players such as Zyad Qasem (10th for $13,059, Maximo Martinez (9th for $16,433) and Elias Neto (8th for $20,824 all busted.

 

Near the business end of the final table, Randy Levin was busted in fourth place, meaning he cashed for $57,554 but missed out on the podium places. By heads-up, Todd was dominating chip-wise and it took just three hands for him to claim victory, his ace-three trumping Brett Coltman’s king-seven as the winner flopped two pair and rode home to victory in style, leaving Coltman to collect the $99,676 runner-up prize.

 

WSOP 2022 Event #54 $500 Salute to Warriors Final Table Results:

Place

Name

Country

Prize

1st

James Todd

U.S.A.

$161,256

2nd

Brett Coltman

U.S.A.

$99,676

3rd

Patrick Pilko

Austria

$75,486

4th

Randy Levin

U.S.A.

$57,554

5th

Rigoberto Rodriguez

U.S.A.

$44,180

6th

Nicholas Sena-Hopkins

U.S.A.

$34,146

7th

Todd Saffron

U.S.A.

$26,574

8th

Elias Neto

Brazil

$20,824

9th

Maximo Martinez

El Salvador

$16,433

10th

Zyad Qasem

U.S.A.

$13,059

 

Yuri Dzivielevski Leads Poker Players Championship After Thrilling Day 3

 

The latest day of action in the $50,000-entry Poker Players Championship saw Brazilian online poker legend Yuri Dzivielevski prove that its not just clicking buttons that he knows inside out. The Brazilian is a proven live professional too and with just 13 players remaining in the hunt for the $1.5 million top prize, he leads the field with 5.6 million chips. The Brazilian’s nearest challenger after three days of play is Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates, who won last year’s event and has embraced his love of fancy dress to ridiculous lengths in this year’s event. With a potential for two more days in the jungle, who knows what the American will come up with next.

 

Elsewhere in the top 10 chipcounts at the close of Day 3, there were bags to be filled for 2021 WSOP Main Event winner Koray Aldemir (3.2m), Daniel Weinman (1.8m) and British mixed game experts Matt Ashton (2.25m) and Benny Glaser (1.2m). With all the other three players well below a million chips, there’s likely to be early movement on the penultimate day’s play, with only five making the live final on PokerGO.   

 

Players to bust outside the money on Day 3 included Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu, Scott Seiver, Anthony Zinno and the overnight chip leader Bryn Kenney who went from leading the field to missing the money in 25th place.

 

WSOP 2022 Event #56 $50,000 Poker Players Championship Top 10 Chipcounts:

Place

Name

Country

Chips

1st

Yuri Dzivielevski

Brazil

5,645,000

2nd

Dan Cates

U.S.A.

4,995,000

3rd

Johannes Becker

Germany

3,990,000

4th

Taylor Paur

U.S.A.

3,290,000

5th

Koray Aldemir

Germany

3,205,000

6th

Naoya Kihara

Japan

2,830,000

7th

Matthew Ashton

United Kingdom

2,250,000

8th

Daniel Weinman

U.S.A.

1,805,000

9th

Lou Garza

U.S.A.

1,660,000

10th

Benny Glaser

United Kingdom

1,210,000

 

Kerstetter and Leonard’s Teams Make Final Day in Tag Team Event

 

Jamie Kerstetter may be well known as one of the best commentators in poker, but she will not fulfil her duties on the PokerGO stream tomorrow as she has made the final table of the $1,000-entry Tag Team Event #55 alongside her partner Corey Paggeot. The pair have 7,975,000 chips, representing a big lead over the Japanese pair of Yutaro Tsugaru & Taichi Ichikawa in second place with 4.9 million chips.

 

Elsewhere in the final five, Patrick Leonard and his partner Espen Jørstad have 2.2 million, but while they sit third in the chipcounts, that stack represents just 15 big blinds. Short stacks belong to both Franco Spitale and Martin Pochat (1.85m) as well as overnight chip leaders Mackenzie Kraemer and Jon Schiller, who have just eight big blinds to their names.

 

WSOP 2022 Event #55 $1,000 Tag Team Final Table Chipcounts:

Position

Player

Chips

Big Blinds

1st

Corey Paggeot & Jamie Kerstetter

7,975,000

53

2nd

Yutaro Tsugaru & Taichi Ichikawa

4,900,000

33

3rd

Patrick Leonard & Espen Jørstad

2,235,000

15

4th

Franco Spitale & Martin Pochat

1,850,000

12

5th

Mackenzie Kraemer & Jon Schiller

1,250,000

8

 

Marchington and Van Fleet Chasing Deepstack Title

 

Nick Marchington and Jon Van Fleet both sit in the top 10 of Event #57 as the $600-entry Deepstack event made the penultimate day with just 60 players remaining. It is John Ypma (6,660,000) who leads the field from John Ciccarelli (6,635,000) but Marchington (4,415,000) and Van Fleet (4,100,000) are both close to glory too.

 

With bracelet winners Jeremy Ausmus (2,850,000) and Craig McCorkell (2,430,000) both still in the field, the next day’s play will reduce the current field down to just five finalists. In what could be a pivotal day for the WSOP Player of the Year race in terms of Ausmus, everyone’s eyes will be on the latter stages and who can put themselves in a position to win gold on Thursday.  

 

WSOP 2022 Event #57 $600 Deepstack NLHE Top 10 Chipcounts:

Position

Name

Country

Prize

1st

John Ypma

U.S.A.

6,660,000

2nd

John Ciccarelli

U.S.A.

6,635,000

3rd

Mike Vanier

U.S.A.

6,085,000

4th

Jonathan Hyatt

U.S.A.

5,200,000

5th

Yota Mitsui

Japan

4,775,000

6th

Nick Marchington

United Kingdom

4,415,000

7th

Patrick Truong

U.S.A.

4,330,000

8th

Abdullah Alshanti

U.S.A.

4,135,000

9th

Jon Van Fleet

U.S.A.

4,100,000

10th

Brett Manlove

U.S.A.

3,690,000

 

Crooks Leads Final 14 PLO Players

 

Richard Crooks (6.4m) leads the remaining 14 players in Event #58, the $1,500-entry PLO event. With his stack being chased down by Peter Neff (6.1m), there is a big gap to the remaining dozen players, with everyone below Stuart Easton (4.3m) holding less than half of the chip leader’s stack.

 

With Jerry Odeen (1.9m) and Jacob Ferro (1.3m) still in contention, there is bound to be some exciting pots, but of the 14 players who are chasing the $289,610 top prize, only Odeen, Joey Coulden (2.6m) and short-stacked Jared Jaffee (875,000) have won bracelets before.

 

WSOP 2022 Event #58 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Top 10 Chipcounts:

Position

Name

Country

Prize

1st

Richard Crooks

U.S.A.

6,440,000

2nd

Peter Neff

U.S.A.

6,110,000

3rd

Stuart Easton

United Kingdom

4,325,000

4th

Lawrence Brandt

U.S.A.

2,980,000

5th

Joey Couden

U.S.A.

2,675,000

6th

Jerry Odeen

Sweden

1,935,000

7th

Robert Tanita

U.S.A.

1,670,000

8th

Jacob Ferro

U.S.A.

1,300,000

9th

Frank Salese

U.S.A.

1,145,000

10th

Alexander Orlov

Russia

1,100,000

 

Super Seniors Sees Bumper Day 1 Field

 

A busy Day 1 took place in Event #59, the $1,000-entry Super Seniors event, for which players must be over the age of 60 to compete. There was a refreshing lack of vlogging equipment and cell phones at the table as 2,669 entries were reduced to just 727 survivors by the close of play, with a bumper prize pool of over $2.3 million being amassed.

 

With a top prize of $330,609 on offer, just 401 players will cash for a minimum of $1,600 and with Bally’s playing host to the Day 2 crowd, some big names to bag stacks to take to the party included reigning event winner Jean-Luc Adam (126,000) PT Hayes (280,300), Jeff Bond (110,000), Eric Vanderburg (145,000), Kent Buckingham (99,000), Everett Carlton (106,000), Dennis Phillips (79,400), Dan Shak (79,000) and Jack McClelland (37,000).

 

 

WSOP 2022 Event #59 $1,000 Super Seniors Top 10 Chipcounts:

Position

Name

Country

Chips

1st

Angelita Grayer

U.S.A.

312,500

2nd

PT Hayes

U.S.A.

289,500

3rd

Laurette Thurber

U.S.A.

258,000

4th

Yanki Koppel

U.S.A.

258,000

5th

Yin Guo

U.S.A.

252,500

6th

Michael Rice

U.S.A.

247,500

7th

Gregory Genge

Canada

239,500

8th

Kathleen Gliva

U.S.A.

230,000

9th

Patrick Bermingham

Ireland

222,500

10th

Massoud Eskandari

U.S.A.

221,000

 

Short Deck Field Sees Long List of Survivors

 

Finally, Event 60 of the 2022 World Series of Poker saw 102 entries in the bank and 37 players survive a fun Day 1 in the $10,000 Short Deck Championship event. The 2017 PPC champion Elior Sion grabbed the chip lead shortly before the close of play with 372,000 chips. He is followed in the counts by some terrific poker pros, such as Stephen Chidwick (352,000), Ben Yu (314,100), Chance Kornuth (196,700) and Daniel Negreanu (97,500), while others such as Justin Bonomo, Shaun Deeb, Felipe Ramos, Dario Sammartino and Scott Seiver all failed to make the Day 2 seat draw.

 

WSOP 2022 Event #60 $10,000 Short Deck NLHE Top 10 Chipcounts:

Position

Name

Country

Chips

1st

Elior Sion

United Kingdom

372,000

2nd

Stephen Chidwick

United Kingdom

352,000

3rd

Leroy Fan

Ireland

335,200

4th

Ben Yu

U.S.A.

314,100

5th

Michael Watson

Canada

298,200

6th

Philip Marsico

U.S.A.

288,300

7th

Anson Tsang

Hong Kong

281,500

8th

Seongsu Kong

South Korea

280,200

9th

Jonathan Depa

U.S.A.

272,600

10th

Todd Ivens

U.S.A.

260,800

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